A novel windmill-shaped auxetic structure with energy absorption enhancement

C Zhang, F Lu, T Wei, Y Huang, Y He, Y Zhu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The traditional anti-tetra-missing rib structure often suffers from uneven stress deformation
and poor energy absorption, which limits its engineering applications. To address these …

[HTML][HTML] Physics-augmented neural networks for constitutive modeling of hyperelastic geometrically exact beams

JO Schommartz, DK Klein, JCA Cobo… - Computer Methods in …, 2025 - Elsevier
We present neural network-based constitutive models for hyperelastic geometrically exact
beams. The proposed models are physics-augmented, ie, formulated to fulfill important …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical investigation of energy absorption in honeycomb structures based on lozenge grid unit cells under various loading angles

H Gharehbaghi, M Jamshidi, A Almomani - Composites Part C: Open …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study aims to numerically and experimentally analyze the energy absorption
characteristics of honeycomb structures using Lozenge grid unit cells made from continuous …

Elastic active matter—A composite mechanics approach via non-interaction approximation

II Argatov, FJ Sabina - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2025 - Elsevier
An active composite material is assumed to be composed of a passive isotropic elastic
matrix with spherical voids containing active rod-like elements, each of which being in …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of design parameters on auxetic behavior and stiffness of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel

M Khedr, H Elshokrofy, AP Pokka, A Hamada… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Auxetic structures, characterized by showing negative Poisson's ratio (ʋ) when loaded, are
cellular metamaterials consisting of connected struts in repeating unit cells. The mechanical …

[PDF][PDF] Composites Part C: Open Access

H Gharehbaghi, AM Shojaei, M Sadeghzadeh… - researchgate.net
The present study aims to numerically and experimentally analyze the energy absorption
characteristics of honeycomb structures using Lozenge grid unit cells made from continuous …

(In) efficacy of Architected Auxetic Materials for Impact Mitigation

T Gärtner, R Dekker, D van Veen, S van den Boom… - engrxiv.org
It has been demonstrated that auxetic materials, characterized by a negative Poisson's ratio,
offer enhanced resistance to indentation, shear forces, fracture toughness and the …